Quotes by Dwight L. Moody

“Church attendance is as vital to a disciple as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood to a sick man.”

“Character is what you are in the dark.”

“Preparation for old age should begin not later than ones teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement.”

“I know the Bible is inspired because it inspires me”

“There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.”

“Where one man reads the Bible, a hundred read you and me.”

“The difference between listening to a radio sermon and going to church...is almost like the difference between calling your girl on the phone and spending an evening with her.”

“The Bible will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from the Bible.”

“It is a masterpiece of the devil to make us believe that children cannot understand religion. Would Christ have made a child the standard of faith if He had known that it was not capable of understanding His words?”

“We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we wont need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses dont fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.”

“A man ought to live so that everybody knows he is a Christian... and most of all, his family ought to know.”

“God doesnt seek for golden vessels, and does not ask for silver ones, but He must have clean ones.”

“Theres no better book with which to defend the Bible than the Bible itself.”

“Someday you will read in the papers that Moody is dead. Dont you believe a word of it. At that moment I shall be more alive than I am now. I was born of the flesh in 1837, I was born of the spirit in 1855. That which is born of the flesh may die. That which is born of the Spirit shall live forever.”

“We talk about heaven being so far away. It is within speaking distance to those who belong there. Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people.”

“God never made a promise that was too good to be true.”

The best way to show that a stick is crooked is not to argue about it or to spend time denouncing it, but to lay a straight stick alongside it

No one can sum up all God is able to accomplish through one solitary life, wholly yielded, adjusted, and obedient to Him.

Every great movement of God can be traced to a kneeling figure.

Faith makes all things possible. Love makes them easy.